User blog comment:Reporter Fred/Mossflower Times/@comment-2006360-20100617054423

No. When I asked if he would be using a secondary weapon because my Zweihander is so big, he said, "Let's be fair about this!" Still, I told him I would only be wielding my sword with one paw. He agreed. And so we began. First person disarmed and on the ground would lose. Blow after blow, neither of us could force the other down, and after three breaks for water, I finally brought my Zweihander crashing down on his shashka hilt, swiping it away from Ivar's head and knocking him off balance. After the duel, Ivar invited me for a gift at his mansion in Moscow. I was presented one of his spare shashkas, being told that I had "earned it properly." Ivar Murinot and I are now great friends, but sadly, though Ivar has won many other duels back in Russia after I left 10 years ago, I have remained champion in most parts of the world.